Naisse mac Cithruadh, Irish musician, died 1561.
Biography
The
Annals of Loch Ce, ''sub anno'' 1561, contain a reference to Naisse and his wife, and their deaths on
Lough Gill
Lough Gill () is a freshwater lough (lake) mainly situated in County Sligo, but partly in County Leitrim, in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Lough Gill provides the setting for William Butler Yeats' poem "The Lake Isle of Innisfree".
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''Naisse, the son of Cithruadh, the most eminent musician that was in Erinn, was drowned on Loch-Gile, and his wife, the daughter of
Mac Donnchadha, and Athairne, the son of Matthew Glas; and the son of
O'Duibhgennain was a great loss.''
See also
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Daithà Ó DrónaÃ, experimental musician, born 1991.
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Donnchadh Ó Hámsaigh, harper, 1695 – 5 or 11 November 1807.
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Donell Dubh Ó Cathail, harper to
Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I (7 September 153324 March 1603) was List of English monarchs, Queen of England and List of Irish monarchs, Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. She was the last and longest reigning monarch of the House of Tudo ...
, c. 1560s-c.1660.
*
Maol Ruanaidh Cam Ó Cearbhaill, murdered Saturday 10 June 1329.
*
Tuotilo, monk and composer, c. 850 – c.915.
References
* ''Music and musicians in medieval Irish society'',
Ann Buckley, pp. 165–190, Early Music xxviii, no.2, May 2000
* ''Music in Prehistoric and Medieval Ireland'',
Ann Buckley, pp. 744–813, in ''A New History of Ireland'', volume one, Oxford, 2005
External links
* http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100010B/index.html
16th-century Irish musicians
1561 deaths
Musicians from County Sligo
Musicians from County Leitrim
Year of birth unknown
16th-century Irish male musicians
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